Improvement in corn-planters



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MATTHEW `Mi'reHELL, or ALTONA, TLLTNoIs'.

.IMPROVEMENT IN k(ORN-PLANTERS.

Specification forming part. of Letters Patent No. 25,033, dated Aug-ust lt), 1850.V

' bei ng had to the accompanying' drawings, for1ning' a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a t-op viewot' the seed-planter. Fig. 2 1s a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a.

side view ot' one ot' the hopper-s,` a part of the frame and one of the cutters; and Fig'. 4 is an inverted view of the shoe and cutter.

i ySimilar-letters of reference in each ot' the several tigureslindicate corresponding. parts.

. Thenatureof'myinvention consistsin anew and useful arrangement and combinationot the parts of a seed-planter, and is designed to plant sod-ground by cutting' througjh and dep'ositug theseed under the sod; or itmay be applied to-planting old and mellow ground.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, l will proceed to describe Aits construction and operation.

In the drawings-A is the tong-ue, ot'the seedplanter, attached to the cross-beam '/i, which is fastened loosely inthe holes inthe l'rame l, as shown. 4

' C C are the wheels ofthe machine, hun;l in

journals inthe rea-r trame, K, of' the machine.

The frame l( is hung, upon the axis I). which has its bearings-in the main t'rame'll ot' the machine. rlhe side beams. K, ol" the lrame pass under and rest upon the crossbeam lt ot' the frame P.

E G are the drivers seats. L L are the uprights which support them. The rear trame, K, being attached to the main frame I3 by the axis I), as described, enables the driver, by 'shifting his position, or by throwing his weight. toward the rear part. of the machine, to elevate the cutters when it may be deemed necessary.

U U are cranks attached Itothe axles .of the wheels C; To the cranks U U are attached y the levers T T, the latter beingl connected b v pins' or other equivalent. device with the levers I I, which a're pivoted at. X X to thet'raine ofthe machine. The levers I I are Tshaped at their outer ends, and by the forward motion of the machine have arcciprocating n10 tion through the cranks U U andlevers T l`. There are two apertures, Y Y, in the bottom ot' `each hopper for the'downward passage ot the seed, and two correspomlint,r openings in the T-shaped piece of the levers I l.

S is a shoe, havingr its edges sharpened l'or the purpose of removing,` weeds or obstruttions in the path o t' the cutter N.

I is thecolter, and M M are tubes `or open ings-situated directly in rear ot' the cutters i\` N, down whichthc seed passes .from the hoppers. The cutters NN open the `ground lor the reception ot' the seed. and the seed drops through the rear or heel ot'them into theground at the proper depth. IThe. cuttersare so made that the seed can be planted at an required depth by inovine,` them higher y.or lower by means ot' bolts b v which they are attached Lo the shoes.v

'V 'V are short levers. connected tothe arms I by pins or other equivalent devices. and attached at their opposite extremities to the cranks in m, the latter being; connected, as`

shown, to the axis hung in journals in the main frame B ot' the machine.

F is a lever, situated near the seat ll. for operating' the seeding' apparatus when plantingl in hills, or when it is desired to plant the seed at closer intervals. T are ungearc l,':1ml the operator, located on the seat l), operates the seeding apparatus by means ol'thc lcvcrIf and its connections. 'the shares, the colters l?, and mold-board t'o'rm double plows. Other eorn-planters deposit the seed aiuola,v the weeds, leaving them in t hc rows and hillsto come up with the seed, whereas my machine plows a shallow l'urrow' and plants the seed in a clean hilt.

\Vhat I claim as nrvinvention. and dcsireto secure by Letters Patent, is

The'arrangement ofthe frame ll, seals l and l, lloppcrs Il, shoes S, and cutters N with thc devices .for operating them, i n combination with theI trame K, hung' on the axle l), and with the slides, operated as described, the whole being` constructed and arranged substantially in the manner and t'or the purposes set l'orth.

SAML. P. WHrrrNe, CnARLns Dwls. 

